Swivel snap-hook.



PATENTED FEB. 10. 1903.

S. PHILLIPS.

SWIVEL SNAP HOOK. APPLICATION FILED 001223; 1902.

I0 MODEL.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' SAM PHILLIPS, OF SHERRILL, NEW YORK.

SWIVEL SNAP-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 720,378, dated February10, 1903.

Application filed October 23, 1902. Serial No. 128,513. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAM PHILLIPS, of Sherrill, in the county of Oneida,in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements inSwivel Snap-Hooks, of which the following, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in sWiveled snap-hooks.

My object is to reduce the cost of manufacture by reducing thev numberof parts and assembling the same without rivets or bolts and at the sametime to increase the strength and freedom of operation of the parts oneupon the other.

To this end the invention consists in forming and combining the parts ashereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improvedswivel snaphook. Figs. 2 and 3 are sectional views taken on lines 2 2and 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the detached hookpiece. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the extended detached bar forforming the swivel-head. Fig. 6 is a similar view of the detached springretainer-piece.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

This swivel snap-hook comprises three distinct partsviz., a mainhook-shaped body 1, a spring retainer-piece or keeper 2, and a swiveledhead 3, each of which parts is formed of a single piece of suitablemetal and assembled in a manner hereinafter described. One end of themain body 1 is formed with a hook 4, and its other end is provided witha pair of slots or elongated substantially parallel openings 5 and aT-shaped extension 6. The keeper 2 consists of a piece of spring metalhaving one end formed with oppositelyprojecting arms 7, inserted throughthe openings 5 from one face of the main body of the hook and overturnedor clenched against the opposite face of said main body, thereby firmlylocking the two parts together. The

opposite end of the keeper is free to spring inwardly and is normallytensioned to engage the inner face of the hook 4:. The swivelhead 3 isalso formed of a single piece of wrought or other bendable metal, andits 0pposite ends 8 are flattened and provided with openings 9,which arecut one way long enough to receive the head of the T-shaped extension 6when assembling the part of one upon the other.

'In assembling the swivel-head 3 upon the T-shaped extension 6 the partbetween the flattened ends 8 is bent into the desired formas, forinstance, a ringand the flattened ends are folded or lapped one upon theother, with their openings alined with each other, whereupon said openends are slipped over the T-shaped extension 6, and the side walls ofthe openings 9 are then compressed around the reduced portion of theextension, so as to make the openings 9 smaller either way than the headof the extension.

' The spring-keeper and swivel-head are thus attached to the main bodywithout rivets or bolts, each part carrying its own fastening means, andall of the parts may be readily and economically manufactured andassembled to produce a much cheaper and stronger device than those nowin use.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

l. A swivel snap-hook including a main hook-body having a T-shaped head,and a swivel-head consisting of a bar having its opposite ends flattenedand provided with openings, said open ends being lapped one over theother with their openings alined and slipped over the T-shaped head, andtheir. walls compressed around the reduced portion of the T- shaped headto hold the parts from detachment one from the other.

2. A swivel snap-hook comprising a main hook-body having a pair ofelongated slots and a T-shaped extension, a spring-keeper formed withlaterallyprojecting arms inserted in the slots and clenched therein, aswivel-head consisting of a bar having its opposite ends flattened andprovided with openings alined with each other, the T-shaped head beinginserted in said openings and the walls of the openings being compressedupon the reduced portion of the T-shaped head.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand on this 2d day ofOctober, 1902.

SAM PHILLIPS.

Witnesses:

H. E. CHASE, HOWARD P. DENNISON.

